CT 201-230 Flashcards

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Lethargy

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laziness, sluggishness, indifference

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Trepidation

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Fear, apprehension

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4
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Desecrate

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To pollute a holy place

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5
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Sycophant

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one who sucks up to others

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Tenet

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A principle held as true

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Tenacious

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Persistent holding a belief

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Furtive

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Secretive

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Supercilious

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Snobbish; conceited; haughty;patronizing

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Verbose

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wordy; overly talkative

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Hackneyed

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lacking significance through being overused; unoriginal (A cliché)

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Amass

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To accumulate

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Vehement

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Urgent; Passionate

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Assuage

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To soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve

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15
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Prodigious

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Extraordinary; enormous

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Torpor

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Sluggishness, inactivity; apathy

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Innocuous

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Harmless; innocent; safe

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Pedestrian

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Common; ordinary; dull; boring

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Subtle

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Not obvious; able to make final distinctions; ingenious; crafty

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Prudent

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careful; having foresight

21
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retract

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To take back; withdraw; pullback

22
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facilitate

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to make easier

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Diffident

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Timid; lacking in self confidence

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Nullify

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to do away with; invalidate; reverse; to make unimportant

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Impetuous

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Characterized by sudden energy or motion

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Mercurial

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Quick and changeable in mood

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Prerogative

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An exclusive right, advantage

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Salubrious

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Promoting health or welfare

29
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Arbiter

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One who decides a disputed matter

30
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anomaly

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a deviation from the rule or expectation ,an incongruity; outlier